Dr Emmanuel Ako is a Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in coronary intervention and the treatment of coronary artery disease. He is the chest pain lead at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Hospital and a digital innovator. He also has expertise in cardiovascular complications in haemoglobinopathies such as thalassaemia and sickle cell disease. He works at both Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust, and is a visiting professor at WuHan Asian Heart Hospital.

Dr Ako studied medicine at University College London, graduating with distinction in 2005. He completed his postgraduate medical training at St George's, the London Chest, and the Heart Hospital in London. He achieved his MRCP before dual accrediting in general internal medicine and cardiology in North East Thames. He trained in interventional cardiology at the Heart Hospital and Barts Heart Centre, and gained complementary training in cardiac MRI and cardiac CT at Great Ormond Street and Barts Heart Centre.

In addition to his clinical commitments, Dr Ako has been involved in stem cell research for ischaemic heart disease and the effects of thalassaemia and sickle cell disease on the cardiovascular system. He has an interest in cardiac MRI, focusing on its use in pulmonary hypertension in haemoglobinopathies. He is a winner of the American College of Cardiology young investigator award in Chicago for research into haemoglobinopathy and a finalist at the SCMR Early Career Awards in Los Angeles and the RSM Presidents Medal in London.

Dr Ako is active in clinical education and research. He has expertise in simulation-based training in cardiology and has developed a successful simulation-based training programme with Imperial College London, which has been rolled out across the UK. He has published various articles, presented at national and international conferences, and is a frequent speaker in public engagement workshops internationally.